Grating candidate Crossword Clue

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Grating candidate Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

CANDIDATE (noun)
1. someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
2. a politician who is running for public office
GRATING (adjective)
1. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
GRATING (noun)
1. optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum
2. a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air

Hint 2: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
MAROON

More Newsday Crossword (12/20/2024) Answers

Across

1. Shove off

5. Does’ mates

10. Urban annoyance

14. __ other (matchlessly)

15. Two-way word like "ciao"

16. Prefix for 1-Across

17. Doe's mate

18. Fix with a needle

19. Three-syllable fruit

20. Telegram supposedly sent to an actor's agent

23. Big game settings

24. Moved sinuously

25. Purloinment

31. Juvenile denial

34. Debt document

36. Swab twice

37. It's remarkable

38. With 55-Across, reply supposedly sent by the actor

40. Outrageous feeling

41. Radio's prime time

43. Not that

44. Genesis 7 weather

45. Chinese evergreen

47. Dessert topping

49. Becomes sour

51. Get off the grid

55. See 38-Across

59. Message seen on a music player

60. Millennium intro

61. Hotel room amenity

62. Steer, say

63. Little House girl

64. Fit together

65. From the US

66. Eccentrically inane

67. "This" or "are"

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Down

1. Former First Daughter with a big sister

2. Fur company founder

3. Gobsmacked

4. Access, as a network

5. Not a gentle push

6. Nickname like Sandy

7. Fernando's flower

8. In that direction

9. Clemens kid

10. *TMI

11. Common chocolate chip partner

12. Algerian port

13. Trot or walk

21. ___-di-dah

22. High praise

26. Everydog

27. Backstage crew, familiarly

29. Supportive denial

30. Amenable

31. Elec. convenience

32. Wetland-like

33. Impressive display

35. Granny

38. Unveiled

39. Overwhelming workload

42. Storm warning

44. Port, for instance

46. Hug

48. Speak sweetly

50. It's east of Suez

52. Filmdom's Dr. Kildare

53. Lodging place

54. Roots patriarch

55. HUD agency

56. Gallivant

57. Gender, for short

58. They're listening!

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